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The Carpenter 1 fire burns in the mountains behind the Red Rock Conservation Area visitor center near Las Vegas early in the morning, July 11, 2013. The fire has forced the closure of the Red Rock National Conservation Area Scenic Loop.

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The Carpenter 1 fire burns in the mountains behind the Red Rock Conservation Area visitor center near Las Vegas early in the morning, July 11, 2013. The fire has forced the closure of the Red Rock National Conservation Area Scenic Loop.

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Indian Muslims break their Ramadan fast in New Delhi, India, July 12, 2013. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar during which devotees fast from dawn till dusk.

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Indians walk past a market area near a train station on World Population Day in Mumbai, India, July 11, 2013.

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Catholics descend a stairway carrying the World Youth Day cross as they leave the Christ Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 12, 2013. Pope Francis will travel to Brazil and participate in World Youth Day events from July 22-28.

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Driver James Hinchcliffe of Canada drives during a practice session for the IndyCar Honda Indy Toronto auto race in Toronto, July 12 , 2013..

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Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) speaks during a women's pro-choice rally on Capitol Hill, July 11, 2013 in Washington, DC. The rally was hosted by Planned Parenthood Federation of America to urge Congress against passing any legislation to limit access to safe and legal abortion.

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Supporters of ousted Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi, hold posters of him as they protest during the Islamic month of Ramadan, in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, July 10, 2013.

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Students sit in circles during a Koran recital class on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Ar-Raudlatul Hasanah Islamic boarding school in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, July 10, 2013. During Ramadan Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk.

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A visitor enjoys an art installation by Argentine artist Leandro Erlich in east London, July 9, 2013.

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People attend a laugher therapy session in a public square in Caracas, Venezuela, July 9, 2013. Laughter therapist Menahem Belilty says that laughter has the healing powers to lift ones mood, enhance well-being and emotional balance, and in most cases helps one to overcome their problems.

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Zach Miller, 10, of Livonia, wipes his face with mud in Westland, Mich., July 9, 2013. Hundreds of kids enjoyed the annual Mud Fest event in the 7-by-150-foot mud pit.

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A Palestinian Bedouin shepherd leads his flock of sheep at sunset near the West Bank city of Jenin on the eve of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, July 9, 2013.

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Supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi pray in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, July 9, 2013. In Arabic, the sign reads, "No substitute for the legitimacy."

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A GO Train is stranded on flooded tracks in Toronto, July 8, 2013. A severe thunderstorm forced the shutdown of Toronto's subways, cut power to 300,000 in Canada's largest city and caused Porter Airlines to cancel all flights out of the downtown airport.

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Visitors of the Holi Festival of Colors throw special colored powders in the air on a meadow near Karlsruhe, Germany, July 7, 2013. The festival is fashioned after the Hindu spring festival Holi, which is mainly celebrated in the north and east of India.

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Smokes rises from Asiana Flight 214 after it crashed at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, July 6, 2013.

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Revelers enjoy the Running of the Bulls, in Ayuntamiento Square, in Pamplona, Spain, July 6, 2013, to celebrate the start of the famous bull-running festival.

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A South African woman prays during a Sunday mass at Petra Full Gospel Church in Pretoria, South Africa, July 7, 2013. Mandela has been in a hospital for nearly a month.

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Japanese girls living in Malaysia wearing traditional yukatas dance during the 37th Bon Odori festival in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 6, 2013. Participants, mostly Japanese residents in Malaysia, celebrate the summer festival as a reminder of the gratefulness of their ancestors.

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Former New York governor Eliot Spitzer is surrounded by media as he tries to collect signatures for his run for New York City Comptroller in New York, July 8, 2013. Spitzer, who stepped down in 2008 amid a prostitution scandal, says he is planning a political comeback with a run for New York City comptroller.

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Re-enactors demonstrate Pickett's Charge during ongoing activities commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, July 7, 2013, at Redding Farm in Gettysburg, Pa. Union forces turned away a Confederate advance in the pivotal battle of the Civil War fought July 1-3, 1863, which was also the war?s bloodiest conflict with more than 51,000 casualties.

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A devotee dressed as Lord Krishna plays the flute ahead of the annual Rath Yatra or Chariot procession of Lord Jagannath in Puri, India, July 8, 2013.